Items Tagged with 'automated pallet handling'

A 100-year-old ice cream brand known for producing popular frozen treats and novelties turned to SPI Automation for help with automatic palletizing.

For too long, palletizing has been seen as a one-off project, featuring either rigid pre-packaged robots with limited flexibility or costly, complex custom builds.

Built for flexibility and ease of use, the cobot palletizing solution allows manufacturers to increase throughput, reduce ergonomic risks and maintain uptime, even with lean staffing.  

Cimcorp offers a comprehensive range of automated solutions—including automated storage and retrieval systems (AS/RS), picking and sortation, automated guided vehicles (AGVs), and a Warehouse Control System (WCS)—that enable tire factories and grocery distributors to tackle their biggest warehousing and distribution challenges, like energy efficiency, waste, and overall supply chain operations.  

Walmart is planning to break ground on the milk processing facility later this year and the project is scheduled to be completed in 2025.

Expected to open in 2025, it will be among the largest automated CPG distribution centers in North America.

Many of the world’s largest grocery retailers are now investing in automated order fulfillment solutions to optimize the handling of fresh fruit, vegetables, bakery items and dairy products across their distribution networks.

With this acquisition, K2’s full line of palletizers, as well as its cost-effective TL case packer and carton loaders, will now become part of JLS’ offerings.

The new state-of-the-art facility is designed to support the movement of fresh produce from field to table, and will employ renewable energy and automation to maximize throughput, extend produce shelf life, and minimize costs. 

Many warehouses and distribution centers suffer from fragmented processes with operational decisions made by manual planners who rely heavily on tribal knowledge.